Dead Head
“4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON”
London based petty crook Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the capital. When nobody answers the door at the drop-off, Eddie opens the package and finds a woman’s severed head in a hatbox. He panics and dumps it in the River Thames. Returning home, Cass is kidnapped by the mysterious Eldridge and his heavies who inform Eddie that he has been framed for the murder.
Created by Howard Brenton
Cast
Denis Lawson
Eddie Cass
4 episodes
George Baker
Eldridge
4 episodes
Simon Callow
Hugo Silver
4 episodes
Lindsay Duncan
Dana Cass
3 episodes
Norman Beaton
Caractacus
3 episodes
Susannah Bunyan
Jill
3 episodes
Larrington Walker
Stoker
2 episodes
Winston Crooke
Clyde
2 episodes
Forbes Collins
Benny
1 episode
Don Henderson
DI Malcolm
1 episode
Peter Attard
DS Cross
1 episode
Barrie Houghton
DI Agnew
1 episode
Edita Brychta
Young Woman
1 episode
Neil Munro
Taxi Driver
1 episode
Eric Francis
Newspaper Seller
1 episode
Tacy Kneale
Sandra
1 episode
James Warwick
Lord Clive Ludlow
1 episode
Ellen Sheean
Mrs Epworth
1 episode
Gabriel Connaughton
Williams
1 episode
Mischa De La Motte
Shopkeeper
1 episode
Colin Meredith
Man in Love
1 episode
Crew
- Music
- Richard Hartley
Seasons
Miniseries
1986 · 4 eps
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